, 1887-07-24
TO THE BIG LARAMIE.
Inspecting the Fourth Twenty-Five
Miles of the C. & N.
Notes of the Trip and Scenery
Along the New Line.
Magnificent Meadows and Large
Areas of Arabic Land.

OF the party who yesterday accompanied
Superintendent Wurtele and the county
commissioner on a trip to inspect the
fourth twenty-five miles of the Cheyenne
& Northern railway.
The special train, which consisted of a
caboose, day coach and the superintend-
ent's private car, left the Cheyenne depot
at 7:30 yesterday morning, stopped at
Iron Mountain thirty minutes, was de-
layed at the Chug three quarters of an
hour, and reached the terminus of the
track and Laramie river a few minutes
before noon The scene presented at this
point is a most pleasing and interesting
one. Beautiful groves are situated along
the stream, and the ranchmen's children
leave their play to view the wonderful
cars which carry people and freight from
Cheyenne in a single day, and smile at
the credulity of the passengers who in
quire if there are any fish to be found in
the river, while the bridge builders and
surveyors anxiously ask the latest news
from the outside world.
The sight-seers leave the cars and pro-
coed to explore the surrounding country.
A substantial bridge Is being built across
the river less than a mile above the Lara
mie county iron bridge, and within ten
feet of the terminus of the track. 1t
could be crossed, if so desired, but none
OF the Cheyenneites except a couple of
newspaper men had the hardihood to at
tempt the passage. While a portion of
the party were dining in the superintend-
ent's cars. others ished, walked about
and visited the ranches of H. E. Tesch-
macher and James Whitney. The Bur
lington & Missouri railroad has stakes
driven for a road in that vicinity, and
Union Pacific surveyors are running the
lines for a future city on a large fiat op-
poslte, and a short distance above the
company's bridge. Several gentlemen of
the party ventured the prediction that
town lots in that locality would soon COM
mand a respectable figure. 1t is said that
trains will run to the terminus regularly in
two weeks.
North of Horse creek rain has fallen
frequently since last May, and the hay
crop will far exceed the expectations of
those who have not been aware of the
amount of moisture received in that local
ity. At a small ranch near the Chug the
second crop of alfalfa is being harvested,
and all along the line may be heard the
lively click, click of the moving machine,
while in a number of enclosures fine crops
of potatoes and other vegetables were
growing.
The stock yards at Kelly, a new station
twelve miles south of Chugwater, have
been completed and are now ready for
business. They are substantially built
and well finished, with a capacity of 900
cattle. 1t is from this point that the
Swan Land and Cattle company will load
instead of shipping from Rock creek, as
has been their custom for the past few
years.
The old Orr ranch and the Swan Land
and Cattle company's ranch at Chugwater
are beautiful places, having fine resi-
dences with all modern improvements.
and magnificent meadows, which last year
yielded three tons of hay per acre, and,
promise to do nearly as well this season.
At Chug there is a large hotel, store,
stage stables and c~orrals, though these
latter will soon be removed to Hunton's,
several sidetracks, a depot, telegraph sta
ton and small s~tockyards.
There is not a water tank, turn-table or
round house on the route, but these will
soon be built and assist materially in de-
facing the beautiful scenery along the line.
Such commonplace invariably tend to
curtail the possibilities of one raving in &C.
stacy over the poetic landscapes, noun
tains and bluffs. The view of Laramie
peak to be obtained just beyond Ohug-
water, with a limitless expanse of verdure
in the foreground, is truly grand, and a
sight long to be remembered, but it
scarcely exceeds in natural beauty the
famous chimney rock, a sandstone monu-
ment ITO feet high, with bluffs to the
rear well nigh as inaccessible as the
mountains of Switzerland, and considered
as attractive by Wyomingites.
The Wyoming Development c~ompany's
bitches in this vicinity remind one forcibly
of the Colorado irrigating canals, and
carry a volume of water hat would change
Crow creek to a raging torrent if turned
into the bed of that wonderful stream.
The company's $3.50, 900 tunnel, by means
of which water is carried through a series
of enormous hills far above the level of
the remainder of the canal, is well worth
a journey to that point. 1t is the most
extensive and costly undertaking of that
character yet attempted in the West.
Although every ditch north of the city is
running to its full capacity, the streams
seem to bear their usual currents. 1t is
in this section that men are wanted who
can and will till the rich soil of the nu-
merous well watered valleys. They are
coming, but are not arriving rapidly